Siggraph 2011: Maya to get native Bullet physics
New Advantage Pack also adds support for the Alembic data interchange format, new Node Editor.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
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AAA Studio releases FurryBall 2.1 for Maya
Production-proven GPU-accelerated renderer gains support for real-time DoF, Bokeh effects, motion blur.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
e-on ships Carbon Scatter for Maya and Cinema 4D
Previously Max-only instancing plug-in for creating natural environments goes multi-platform.
Friday, July 8th, 2011
$99 tool adds MotionBuilder functionality to Maya
New student edition of IKinema plug-in enables motion-editing and retargeting inside Maya.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Lightstorm3D ships L3Deformer bundle for Maya
Price for hotly tipped tools fixed at €149. Windows-only so far, but OS X and Linux versions in the works.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Lightstorm3D to release new Maya deformers
Check out videos of the upcoming L3Deformer package, for everything from shrink wrapping to high viscosity liquid surfaces.
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Videos: see new features in V-Ray 2.0 for Maya
Check out GPU accleration, the new car paint shader and Ptex workflow in the new version of the renderer, released today.
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Beta test Carbon Scatter for Maya or Cinema 4D
e-on software calls for volunteers to test upcoming ports of its new instancing plug-in.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Chaos Group announces beta of V-Ray for Maya 2.0
Free beta program brings GPU-accelerated rendering to Maya users. Full release later this month.
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Chaos Group reveals V-Ray 2.0 for Maya tour dates
Live in the US or Canada? Come and get a sneak peak at the new renderer later this month.
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Joe Alter to ship corrective sculpting plug-in for Maya
Shave and a Haircut veteran releases free beta of LipService hybrid sculpting/animation tool.
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Videos: Autodesk reveals new features in Maya 2012
New version gets improved viewport, node-based render set-up, PhysX, DMM, better fluids, new motion trails.
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Tech preview: new animation features in Maya
New Autodesk teaser video shows motion trails and timing beads to control animation in the viewport.
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011